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Sophia Wilhelmina Brick

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Sophia Wilhelmina Brick

Birth
Death
8 Aug 1916 (aged 91–92)
Burial
Manitowoc, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, USA Add to Map
Plot
E2-62-6-1
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PIONEER WOMAN OF CITY, HERE 60 YEARS, DEAD, AGED 92 YEARS
Mrs. Sophia (sic) Brick Had Made Her Home in Same Residence
Since Coming Here in 1857—Funeral on Wednesday
Mrs. Sophia Brick, widow of the late Carl Brick, and pioneer resident of the city who since 1857 had made her home in the same residence since 1958 when she came here, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.D. Kansier, 1835 South State street, Saturday evening. Death was due to infirmities of age. Mr. Brick died in 1902.
Had Mrs. Brick lived until May 3?, she would have been 92 years of age, having been born at ____, Meckleh__, Germany, in 1824. She came to Manitowoc with her husband and three children in 1857. Mrs. Brick had been a member of the German Lutheran church since her arrival in the city and up to the time her health failed had taken an active interest in the congregation.
One daughter, Mrs. Kansier, and one son, Carl Brick of Newton, survive; one daughter having died some years ago. __ grandchildren and eighteen great grand-children also survive.
The burial will be held from the German Lutheran church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Machmiller officiating.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, August 7, 1916 P. 1
PIONEER WOMAN OF CITY, HERE 60 YEARS, DEAD, AGED 92 YEARS
Mrs. Sophia (sic) Brick Had Made Her Home in Same Residence
Since Coming Here in 1857—Funeral on Wednesday
Mrs. Sophia Brick, widow of the late Carl Brick, and pioneer resident of the city who since 1857 had made her home in the same residence since 1958 when she came here, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.D. Kansier, 1835 South State street, Saturday evening. Death was due to infirmities of age. Mr. Brick died in 1902.
Had Mrs. Brick lived until May 3?, she would have been 92 years of age, having been born at ____, Meckleh__, Germany, in 1824. She came to Manitowoc with her husband and three children in 1857. Mrs. Brick had been a member of the German Lutheran church since her arrival in the city and up to the time her health failed had taken an active interest in the congregation.
One daughter, Mrs. Kansier, and one son, Carl Brick of Newton, survive; one daughter having died some years ago. __ grandchildren and eighteen great grand-children also survive.
The burial will be held from the German Lutheran church Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Machmiller officiating.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, August 7, 1916 P. 1


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